Abstract

The study was conducted at the University of Kirkuk / College of Agriculture in the fields of
the Department of Animal Production to study the effect of dosing with Hydroalcoholic Extract of
Turkish carob fruits and vitamin E on the semen characteristics of white male rabbits. Twenty
rabbits, aged 5-6 months, were randomly divided into four treatments, five rabbits for each.
Treatment, the first treatment rabbits (control group) were left without any dose, the second
treatment was dosed with Hydroalcoholic Extract of Turkish carob fruits at a dose of 200
mg/kg/day, the third treatment was given a water alcoholic extract of Turkish carob fruits at a dose
of 400 mg/kg/day the fourth treatment Dosing with vitamin E at a dose of 400 mg / kg / day.. The
results showed that the water-alcoholic extract of Turkish carob and vitamin E improved semen
characteristics for all study treatments compared to the control group . The second, third and fourth
treatments had a significant increase over the control group in improving ejaculate volume, sperm
concentration, and group and individual movement of sperm, which was offset by a significant
decrease in the percentages of dead and distorted sperms in all months of the study. We conclude
from this study the dosing with aqueous alcohol extract of Turkish carob fruits and vitamin E has
the ability to improve the semen characteristics of white male rabbits